Movie Thread

[dodint]

What's left of her.

[nocera]

Yep. And directed by Eli Roth, wrapped 2 or 3 years ago, then last year they did reshoots with another director. So, you know, all the makings of a great film.

[Kane]

Cate Blanchett can be in whatever she wants as far as I'm concerned. Giggity.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Sam Mendes is directing a biopic for each of the four Beatles, and the films will intertwine (I guess like Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of our Fathers). That's interesting.

[tifosi77]

Borderlands does not interest me and I have no dog in the hunt. But Craig Mazin was involved initially, which might offer a ray of hope.

We are approaching a reality in which Ariana Greenblatt and Nandi Bushell are going to run everything by the time they are adults.

[meecrofilm]

Sam Mendes is directing a biopic for each of the four Beatles, and the films will intertwine (I guess like Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of our Fathers). That's interesting.

Enter the BCU.

Interesting is also the dominant word for describing my reaction.

[nocera]

Zone of Interest. This movie is brilliant and disturbing. It’s obviously a shoo-in for best international film but I think it should challenge for best picture as well (it won’t). I would also love to see it take best sound (it won’t). It has some of the best sound design of any movie I’ve seen in some time. It would not be the same experience with a more traditional sound design. Really amazing stuff.

[shafnutz05]

Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart being in the same film is very confusing to me

I don't want to see Kevin Hart anymore

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart being in the same film is very confusing to me

I don't want to see Kevin Hart anymore

he was really funny in Scary Movie 3…where he has a very limited role and is with Anthony Anderson. But yeah, I’ve never found Hart funny outside of that

[eddy]

Zone of Interest. This movie is brilliant and disturbing. It’s obviously a shoo-in for best international film but I think it should challenge for best picture as well (it won’t). I would also love to see it take best sound (it won’t). It has some of the best sound design of any movie I’ve seen in some time. It would not be the same experience with a more traditional sound design. Really amazing stuff.

Good to hear, looks like something I want to watch, did you see it in theaters?

[nocera]

Zone of Interest. This movie is brilliant and disturbing. It’s obviously a shoo-in for best international film but I think it should challenge for best picture as well (it won’t). I would also love to see it take best sound (it won’t). It has some of the best sound design of any movie I’ve seen in some time. It would not be the same experience with a more traditional sound design. Really amazing stuff.

Good to hear, looks like something I want to watch, did you see it in theaters?

No we watched it at home. It's available on demand now. It helps to have a solid surround system (which I'm pretty sure isn't an issue for you) because I really can't understate how great the sound design is.

[NTP66]

[skullman80]

That looks ....not good.

[nocera]

We have James Gunn at home...

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I like how they show the same exact clip of Cate Blanchett shooting the revolver-type gun twice

[shafnutz05]

We have James Gunn at home...

I love the game, but damn.

[tifosi77]

Jason Reitman and a group of directors have bought Westwood’s iconic Village Theater

The new owners of the theater include such directors as Christopher Nolan, J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher McQuarrie, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Hannah Fidell, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Sian Heder, Rian Johnson, Gil Kenan, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, David Lowery, Chris Miller, Todd Phillips, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reitman, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Emma Seligman, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang and Chloé Zhao.

The theater — which boasts a large auditorium seating more than 1,300 people, with a 70mm-capable screen and upgraded sound system — will showcase a mixture of first-run films and repertory programming selected by the theater’s owners.
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Inside the house, the directors plan to showcase artifacts from their personal collections, including props, wardrobe items and film prints. In time, there are plans to add a restaurant, bar and gallery, but the theater will remain open throughout.

This is my favorite commercial cinema in the whole world. I've joked in the past that my best friend and I invented the idea of what became the theater called Arclight, which conceptually was very similar to this before it BK'd during the pandemic.

[nocera]

Did the Hollywood Arclight/Cinerama Dome ever reopen? I never went to Westwood Village’s cinema but I lived at the Arclight during my brief time there. Still the best theater I’ve ever been to.

My favorite experience there was the first midnight showing of Iron Man (2008) highlighted by a surprise appearance by RDJ and Favs to introduce the film. Obviously the MCU wasn’t a thing yet but the crowd was super hyped and those two seemed genuinely excited to be there.

[tifosi77]

AFAIK the Dome hasn't reopened yet, and the Arclight locations are now Regal.

The Dome is a cool venue. Watching non-Cinerama format movies (esp flat) can be trippy. They hosted LOTR: FOTR (extended), LOTR: TTT (extended); LOTR: ROTK (theatrical) as part of a single one-day marathon screening that started at like 9 am. I got tix from my New Line friend, and that was one of the most ridiculous movie-related things I've ever done. lol

[DigitalGypsy66]

Zone of Interest. This movie is brilliant and disturbing. It’s obviously a shoo-in for best international film but I think it should challenge for best picture as well (it won’t). I would also love to see it take best sound (it won’t). It has some of the best sound design of any movie I’ve seen in some time. It would not be the same experience with a more traditional sound design. Really amazing stuff.

Good to hear, looks like something I want to watch, did you see it in theaters?

No we watched it at home. It's available on demand now. It helps to have a solid surround system (which I'm pretty sure isn't an issue for you) because I really can't understate how great the sound design is.

I watched it last night. Very chilling is how I would describe it. The audio especially.

BBC has a good article on the sound design: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... re-created

[nocera]

Mean Girls the musical. The songs are fine I guess. When they’re not singing, it’s basically a shot for shot remake of the original (save for some small changes here and there). This is a problem because every single actor is a noticeable downgrade. They lack the charm and charisma of the original cast. Actually, so does the film as a whole. As far as movie adaptations of musicals that were adaptations of movies, this is definitely another example one.

[eddy]

I would like to see dune 2 in theaters. Waterfront has IMAX laser projection and Dolby cinema. I've seen Dolby for avatar and was very happy with the theater. I think it's been mentioned here that it's a fake IMAX screen , but I'd imagine it's still a good experience. Being this movie was filmed in IMAX, you think it's best to see it in IMAX even though it's a smaller screen or should it still be bumping? What do you think would be best theatrical experience here ?

[nocera]

Are there any true 70MM IMAX screens in PIttsburgh? I don't think so. So, really it's just up to where you feel like seeing it.

[tifosi77]

The word-of-mouth on Dune 2 is pretty exceptional, people saying things like it's the kind of movie that reminds you why you like movies.

[Troy Loney]

The word-of-mouth on Dune 2 is pretty exceptional, people saying things like it's the kind of movie that reminds you why you like movies.

We watched Bottoms this weekend.

That reminded me why I like movies.